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Here, the eccentricities are trimmed back somewhat -- they still bubble up on \"The Millionaire Waltz,\" an example of the music hall pop that dominated Night, the pro-Native American saga \"White Man\" is undercut somewhat by the cowboys 'n' indians rhythms -- in favor of a driving, purposeful hard rock that still could have some slyly hidden perversities (or in the case of the opening \"Tie Your Mother Down,\" some not-so-hidden perversity) but this is exquisitely detailed hard rock, dense with minutiae but never lush or fussy. 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